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NEW ASPEN ART MUSEUM 2011-12PUBLIC STREETSCAPE AND EXHIBITION SPACE . ASPEN, COLORADO

SITE PLAN

ILLUSTRATIVE FOR PUBLIC APPROVAL

NEW ASPEN ART MUSEUM 2011-12PUBLIC STREETSCAPE AND EXHIBITION SPACE . ASPEN, COLORADO

MATERIALS PLAN

ILLUSTRATIVE FOR PUBLIC APPROVAL

TEMPORARY SITE INSTALLATION

NEW ASPEN ART MUSEUM 2011-12PUBLIC STREETSCAPE AND EXHIBITION SPACE . ASPEN, COLORADO

PAVER ON CONCRETE BASEPLANT BED

ROOF PLANTERSTREET LAMP

CUSTOM BENCH

EMU GREEN WALL 2011GREEN WALL DESIGN FOR THE ECO MUSIC FESTIVAL . SNOWMASS, COLORADO

TECHNICAL DRAWING AND RENDERING

INSTALLATION AT FESTIVAL

TOP OF THE ROCKIES SCENIC BYWAY 2011-12BYWAY DESIGN GUIDELINES, CORRIDOR MGMT PLAN, INTERPRETATION MGMT PLAN . CENTRAL ROCKIES, COLORADO

YOUR BYWAY.ELEVATED.

THE TOP OF THE ROCKIES EXPERIENCE.

THE TOP OF THE ROCKIES BYWAY PLANNING DOCUMENTS ARE THE RESULTS OF AN INENSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS AND REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THOSE WHO MATTER MOST: THE USERS.

CORRIDORMANAGEMENT

PLAN

Top of the RockiesNational Scenic & Historic Byway

INTERPRETIVEMANAGEMENT

PLAN

Top of the RockiesNational Scenic & Historic Byway

DESIGNGUIDELINES

Top of the RockiesNational Scenic & Historic Byway

An Elevated Experience

DENVER

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BYW

AY TOUR

SCOPE

TOPOFTHEROCKIESNATIONAL SCENIC &HISTORIC BYWAY

SCHEDULE

REGIONAL

SITE

DETAILExtreme climate and altitude

Wide variety of ecology, history, and land use.

How to achieve sustainable, durable and site-specific design?

How to create unity across the Byway?

Diversity of sites, signage typologies and site materials.

How to balance so many overlapping issues?

A single Byway site developed in conjunction with the CMP, IMP, and Design Guidelines to ensure a holistic process and shape methodology for developing a successful master plan.

Assesses the current state of the Byway and provides recommendations for improving interpretation in order to engages a diverse audience and unify the Byway experience.

Addresses regional issues and goals and provides community-based strategies for preservation, enhancement and interpretation of the corridor’s intrinsic qualities while balancing beneficial use, safety and enjoyment of the Byway user.

BALANCE

COHESIVEEXPERIENCE

DURABILITY& LONGEVITY

CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN

INTERPRETIVEMANAGMENT PLAN

Provides simple framework and intuitive methodology for designing and planning cohesive physical improvements that promote a sustainable ecology.

DESIGN GUIDELINES

INDEPENDENCE PASS MASTER PLAN

CONDITIONS SOLUTIONS

MEETING 1:

current imp/cm

p state

MEETING 2:

30% im

p/cmp

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE 1:

design charrette/public open

house

MEETING 4:

60% im

p/cmp, design

guidelines IP master plan

MEETING 6:

90% im

p/cmp, design

guidelines IP master plan

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

ADOPTION OF PLANS

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE 2:

public to review 60% deliverables

United States Forest ServiceTop of the Rockies Board

Spanning 14 months

Colorado Department of TransportationCity & County PlannersHistorical SocietiesChamber of CommerceLocal OutfittersNon-ProfitsPrivate Stakeholders

Lead, Landscape Architect / PlannerTraffic EngineerInterpretive PlannerGraphic DesignerEnergy & Resource Consultant

CLIENTS

PARTNERS

CONSULTANT TEAM

PROCESS DIAGRAM

BYWAY VISTA

PUBLIC OUTREACH BYWAY DESIGN ELEMENTS

24’varies

10’min.

10’min.

10’min.

accel/decellane

throughlane

parking spacesstate highway 82passinglane

shoulder

traffic zone parking zone pedestrian zone periphery

site marker / point

vegetative separation

bicycle parking

regulatorysignage

pervious pavement / stormwater infiltration

curbstop

high reflective (albedo)

pavement

bench

interpretive signage

framed views / trail access /

overlooks

directional signage site wall / line structure / frame

BYWAY LANDSCAPE

TOP OF THE ROCKIES SCENIC BYWAY 2011-12BYWAY DESIGN GUIDELINES, CORRIDOR MGMT PLAN, INTERPRETATION MGMT PLAN . CENTRAL ROCKIES, COLORADO

SITE SECTION DIAGRAM

+ =

18’ 10-13’ 3-6’

16’

2”

example structure: front elevation example structure: side elevation

5-8’

8-11’

Frame = StructureThe extreme climate of the Byway environment demands that structures be solid and sound without blemishing scenery or damaging sensitive local ecologies. The long legacy of strong, place-based architecture of the Rocky Mountain Province provides examples for the new Byway shelter. By combining historic forms and construction methods with current materials and aesthetics, the new Byway shelter evokes the past while forging a strong identity for the future. The result is a flexible, utilitarian structure that is simple to construct and timeless.

Craftsmanship and local materials define the character of the Byway shelter. Walls are constructed of locally sourced stone, ideally from the site being developed, and stacked with mortar. As seen in the Side Elevation, larger stone provides a strong visual foundation for the back of the structure, gradually decreasing in mass to smaller stone, becoming more refined at the front of the structure. This alludes to the structure metaphorically growing from local geology, a human construct rising from Rocky Mountain bedrock. The roof is a simple plank created by one or more panels of metal or wood supported by metal or wooden joists. This simple roof structure pays homage to the rustic, visual construction methods of the Rocky Mountain Province.

open entrance provides shelter without

obstructing views

ample, flexible space for signage, seating, etc.

opportunity:wood components may be

added for additional enclosure

larger stone medium stone smaller stone

largestone

smallstone

mortar stacked stone

joists

panel roof

(proportions maintained to scale up structure)

(proportions maintained to scale up structure)

windows break up mass of shelter (size varies)

slope mimics mountain forms and adds strength

The Byway structure functions on multiple levels as a shelter from sun or other inclement weather, a rest stop, a view finder, a medium for signage, and a unique expression of place. The simple and iconic form allows for flexibility in materials to express the specific natural and human history of a site. Future designers will find the form adaptable to all sites and, thus, inspire site-based creativity. Of course, conditions vary along the Byway and these differing conditions should be reflected in structures. The structure below is only one example of a sensitive and site-based Byway structure. There will undoubtedly be more variations, but they should always be rooted in Byway history, ecology and geology.

HUMANhistoric construction methods

STRUCTURENATURALlocal geology

STRUCTURE INSPIRATION

SITE MARKER (POINT)

BYWAY SHELTER (FRAME)

SITE WALL (LINE)

INDEPENDENCE PASS SUMMIT SITE: ANALYSIS

TOP OF THE ROCKIES SCENIC BYWAY 2011-12BYWAY DESIGN GUIDELINES, CORRIDOR MGMT PLAN, INTERPRETATION MGMT PLAN . CENTRAL ROCKIES, COLORADO

INDEPENDENCE PASS SUMMIT SITE: MASTER PLAN

SANCTUARY RESTORED 2011-12RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN . ASPEN, COLORADO

SCHEMATIC PLAN

PLANTING PLAN

RESTORATION DIAGRAM

DENSITY DEVELOPMENT DIAGRAM

SANCTUARY RESTORED 2011-12RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN . ASPEN, COLORADO

PIZZA OVEN AND EXTERIOR KITCHEN

ADDRESS MARKER

BUBBLE TROUGH WATER FEATURE

EXTERIOR FIRE FEATURE

STONE BLOCK WATER FEATURE

SAN MARINO 2011RESIDENTIAL CONCEPTUAL PLAN . MIAMI, FLORIDA

SCREENING DIAGRAM

SITE AND ROOF PLAN

GATES RESIDENCE 2011-12RESIDENTIAL ENTRY AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN . ASPEN, COLORADO

BUILT WORK

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

OVER / UNDER / AROUND / THROUGH 2009

URBAN FABRICRECONCEPTUALIZATION

URBAN MASTER PLANNING . ATHENS, GEORGIA

COMMERCIAL JUNKYARD

GREEN SPACE

RESIDENTIAL

GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL

EYES ON NEWTOWN 2009VIDEO INVENTORY & ANALYSIS AS COMMUNITY ADVOCACY TOOL . NEWTOWN, GEORGIA

URBAN OUTREACH STUDIO 2010STUDIO AND PUBLICATION ADDRESSING URBAN HUMANITARIAN ISSUES . ATHENS, GEORGIA

OBSERVED PATTERNS

RESEARCH INFORMATION MATRIX

INFORMAL / FORMAL CORRELATIONS

The American government operates within structures and landscapes that impede democracy rather than facilitate it. This dysfunctional built environment opposes the ideals and inhibits the goals of democracy to the detriment of American citizens. Through an examination of historic government typologies and their built environments, this thesis asserts that political will manifests itself through built form and indicates government intention and ideology. Applied to the United States, this concept yields a critique of both the American democracy and its built environment, exposing an inconsistency between the two. The issues revolving around a modern redesign of the government built environment are contemporized through an exploration of political transparency, government security, digital media, and peak oil. In the end, design principles and applications are offered that seek to provide a method of realigning government ideals and built form to facilitate the American democracy.

CITIZEN SCALE 2010MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE THESIS . UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

ABSTRACT

FRAGMENTATION OF BUILDING MASS

VOLUMETRIC / MEDIA GOVERNMENT COMPLEX

STRUCTURE AS LANDSCAPE

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